{"product_id":"saltcrop-9781250380968","title":"Saltcrop [Kitasei, Yume]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eYume Kitasei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stardust Grail\u003c\/i\u003e comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister--and Earth's environmental salvation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate-controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for her ailing grandmother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut then her eldest sister, Nora, goes missing. Nora left home a decade ago in pursuit of a cure for failing crops all over the world. When Skipper and her other sister, Carmen, receive a cryptic plea for help, they must put aside their differences and set out across the sea to find--and save--her. As they voyage through a dying world both beautiful and strange, encountering other travelers along the way, they learn more about their sister's work and the corporations that want what she discovered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the farther they go, the more uncertain their mission becomes: What dangerous attention did Nora attract, and how well do they really know their sister--or each other? Thus begins an epic journey spanning oceans and continents and a wistful rumination on sisterhood, friendship, and ecological disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Macmillan Publishers (MPS)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.06oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250380968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2025 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKitasei, Yume:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eYume Kitasei\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deep Sky \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Stardust Grail\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Japanese and American and grew up in a space between two cultures--the same space where her stories reside. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster. Her stories have appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e SmokeLong Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers (MPS)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44666470334640,"sku":"9781250380968b","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/img_07a14829-26a8-42d8-b3dd-9e41fb3b3180.jpg?v=1754683611","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/saltcrop-9781250380968","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}